i'
See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"
English
Contraction
i'
- (colloquial, poetic) in
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], line 44:
- Thou speak'st with all thy wit; / And yet, i' faith, with wit enough for thee.
- (colloquial) it
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi/°
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ì'
Further reading
- i in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Middle French
Alternative forms
Neapolitan
Norman
Etymology
Sassarese
Alternative forms
Preposition
i'
- Apocopic form of in, chiefly used before definite articles
- Abà mi posu i' la caddrea ― Now I'll sit on the chair
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